Overview

Shane Olafson is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Data Privacy/Cybersecurity Practice Groups. He has practiced in federal courts across the country, including in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, New York, Texas, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Shane has also represented clients on appeal before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits. He focuses on patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright litigation and counsels clients on IP clearance and marketing matters, Internet domain name disputes, and on issues relating to e-discovery, cybersecurity and data privacy.

Shane is on the Board of Directors of the Phoenix chapter of the Federal Bar Association (FBA), and a Barrister in the Sandra Day O’Connor Inn of Court. He is also a member of the Intellectual Property, E-Commerce and Technology subsections of the Arizona State Bar. Prior to joining LRR, Shane was an attorney at Jones Day in New York City.

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Representative Matters

Represented largest hotel chain in the world, successfully obtaining judgment against defendants for cybersquatting, direct and contributory trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition, counterfeiting, and related common law causes of action. Shane helped the client obtain a permanent injunction as well as transfer of an offending Internet domain and an award of the client’s attorneys’ fees and costs.

Represented large scale wealth and asset management firms in lawsuit against former broker employee. Obtained injunction to enforce restrictive covenants and prevent use and disclosure of clients’ confidential information.